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almost untold gold for him, but, said St. John, " we 

 were too old friends to part, having passed many 

 years together, both in London, where he used to 

 live with my horses and run with my cab, and also 

 in the country, where he had accompanied me in 

 many a long and solitary ramble over mountain and 

 valley." Mr. F. Adcock says that some of his bull- 

 dogs would hunt a hedgerow as well as a terrier, and 

 were equally as good at retrieving from water. 



The above prove that the bulldog, which has 

 obtained such an evil character for ferocity, may, 

 under proper training and surroundings, become as 

 companionable as any other dog. He is very 

 faithful to his master, and his appearance is 

 certainly worse than his disposition. When he has 

 the chance he is quite as sociable as most dogs, 

 his temper is reliable, and, on the show bench, he 

 may be petted and caressed by the stranger with far 

 less likelihood of being bitten than would be the case 

 with the terriers and collies. Then he is not 

 addicted to barking too much, is not liable to run 

 away, when kept in the country, on hunting excur- 

 sions ; but he is not built on the proper lines to follow 

 a dog cart or run after a bicycle. 



So far as companionship with man is concerned 

 the bulldog's lot has not always been a happy one. 

 In his early days, as I have said, he was kept for 



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